Seoul — North Korea fired a Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile from the seas southeast of Sinpo City in the country's east, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said. The missile was launched at 11:30 a.m. local time Saturday (10:30 p.m. ET Friday) from near South Hamgyomg province. The launch itself was...
North Korea has test-fired two mid-range ballistic missiles from its eastern coast, says South Korea. The first launch was considered to have failed, travelling about 150km (90 miles) before landing in the sea. The second, launched hours later, flew about 400km. Military officials in the South said both were intermediate-range...
North Korean state media have hailed US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump as a "wise politician" who could be good for the North. The editorial in DPRK Today said he was a "far-sighted presidential candidate". Mr Trump recently said he would be willing to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, and...
North Korea has attempted to fire a ballistic missile off its east coast but the launch appears to have failed, South Korean military officials say. It is unclear what type of missile it was, but it follows three failed tests of the medium-range "Musudan" missile in April. The North is banned by the UN from using any...
Kim Jong Un, North Korea’s dictator, has an aunt that has secretly been living in the United States for almost 20 years. Revealing herself to the Washington Post, Ko Yong Suk (the name she went by when she was part of North Korea’s royal family), said she and her husband have been incredibly lucky since they...
Pregnancy — a special time. This is an opportunity to meet with their child, to prepare the necessary things at the time of his birth. Time to realize that you are ready to become parents. And that is the time when you can make a lot of funny and even absurd family...
A group of North Koreans working at a state-run restaurant overseas have defected, South Korea has confirmed. South Korea's Unification Ministry said that the workers had "broken away", but refused to comment further. It said they would now come to South Korea. Yonhap News Agency, citing an unidentified source,...
This week North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un capped years of political maneuvers, purges and executions by assuming the post of party chairman, declaring it the start of the "Kim Jong Un era." The event was widely seen as cementing his leadership role, but analysts in Washington and Seoul say that revitalizing the...
CRACKPOT dictator Kim Jung-un has released rare portraits of himself and his top officials — including one thought to have been executed months ago. The seemingly unedited image shows the ruthless despot grinning in an official portrait for the first time. North Korea expert at Seoul National University Chang Yong Seok...
A BBC TV crew has been detained and interrogated in North Korea for "improper reportage" about Kim Jong-Un An entire BBC crew, including Rupert Wingfield-Hayes, has been detained in Pyongyang and interrogated for an alleged inappropriate description of leader Kim Jong Un. He was one of three BBC staff, along with...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country will not use nuclear weapons unless its sovereignty is infringed by others with nuclear arms, and is willing to normalize ties with states that had been hostile toward it, state media said on Sunday. Isolated North Korea has made similar statements in the past, although it has...
THE European Union was created in order to become a "United States of Europe" according to one of the founders of the 28-member bloc. Georges Berthoin, a surviving member of the European coal and steel commission cabinet, has revealed the initial idea of the EU was to create a closer union. The cabinet was the first...